Enticing more customers

摘要

Investment in cafes and restaurants is helping garden centres to increase footfall and improve sales, writes Matthew ApplebyBetter environments, menus and staff are the driving force behind Britain's best garden centre restaurants. From quirky cafes in buses to roll-outs of coffee shops within large chains, there is a growing range of food and drink options available in garden centres.Cafe sales are growing by almost 10 per cent a year on average and latest HTA figures show more than half of specialist garden retailers have catering available, up from 40 per cent in 2008.